From an Automation Economy to a Delegation Economy | Lia Müller Peña, BitGPT

The shift is not that AI does more. It is that you stop checking. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Lia Müller Peña of BitGPT reframes the agentic AI era as a move from automation to delegation, and explains why the missing piece is not intelligence but payments. BitGPT has launched a payment protocol built specifically for agents. KEY FINDINGS • Moving from an automation economy to a delegation economy • The difference between AI that responds and AI you hand authority to • Why every conference is now an AI conference • A payment protocol built specifically for AI agents • Agent to agent, agent to merchant and agent to individual settlement • Why existing payment rails carry fees agents should not pay • How delegation changes shopping, study and work NOTABLE QUOTES "We're moving from an automation economy to a delegation economy." — Lia Müller Peña GUEST Lia Müller Peña, BitGPT FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/lia-muller-pena-bitgpt-delegation-economy Recorded at Consensus 2025 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — AI & FINANCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview more than 500 senior leaders on camera: scientists, operators, founders, regulato